An airstrike strikes a residential building in a city southwest of Iran’s capital, Tehran, killing at least 13 people, Iranian media reports. The semiofficial Fars news agency and Nour News report the strike near Eslamshar.

US President Donald Trump has once again raised the stakes in the ongoing Middle East conflict, demanding that Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz by a s.

Trump extends Iran deadline on reopening Strait of Hormuz, warns of devastating consequences as tensions rise and oil prices surge globally.

Fifteen residents of Tehran said in telephone interviews and text messages that the capital was weathering heavy bombardment.

Afshar didn’t just repost regime messaging -- she echoed it in her own words, cheering a crackdown on dissidents and amplifying wartime narratives.

U.S. oil futures opened higher Sunday evening after President Trump ramped up his threats toward Iran ahead of a Tuesday deadline he has set for the country to allow tanker traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz oil-shipping lane.

An airstrike near Tehran killed at least 13 people amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, following threats from President Trump over the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state media reported that the Aghdasieh oil warehouse in northeast Tehran, the Shahran oil depot north of the city, an oil refinery in the south, and an oil depot in Karaj, west of Tehran, were among those targeted.

Prize-winning Nasrin Sotoudeh, 64, is renowned for defending activists, opposition politicians and women prosecuted for removing their headscarves.

US-Iran war LIVE: President Trump on Sunday issued an expletive-laden threat to Iran, announcing what appeared to be a new and final deadline for Tehran to reopen the crucial Strait of Hormuz, whose closure has upended global energy markets.